Special forces standout Lieutenant Mac Cooley has spent the last five months embedded with the Ki Imperial Commandos, speaking their language, fighting their fight, eating their food and gathering intel on Ki Rebel Association assets. Now, "Stone Balls" and his Ki buddies recon for a company of Marines dropped in for an attack on those assets. When leadership fails, Mac will have to choose between obeying orders and saving lives. Scott co-wrote this episode with Paul Elard Cooley, the author of 2010 Parsec finalist Tattoo. Please visit shadowpublications.com for his stories, rants, reviews, and general insanity.

24 - Lieutenant Mac "Stone Balls" Cooley

It is the best-kept and worst-kept secret in the Planetary Union navy. The PUV James Keeling, a warship that does things that no other ship can do. It is a weapon, and a liability. The rumor is that eighty percent of the people assigned to the Keeling die before their two-year stint is up. That rumor is the reason for the ship's nickname -- The Crypt, a vessel full of the dead.

Those with a promising career, those with connections, those that can can avoid service on the Keeling do just that. But still, the ship must fight, and for that, it needs a crew. The navy assigns the worst of the worst: cowards, thieves, murderers, rapists or those with nowhere else to go, no way to opt out. Your choice is simple: be executed for your crimes, or serve two years on the keeling. If you make it out alive, your record is wiped clean and you get a fresh start. 

For this crew of just over 100 souls, it will be the longest two years they have ever faced. What is this ship? Where did it come from? And why, oh, why, won't everyone stop screaming ...

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This is the conclusion of Bronson McLean's story. He's a career sailor, dedicated to his comrades; the guy you want with you in a pinch. When his crew is sent to assess an derelict enemy warship, The Sword of Mother Theresa … McLean's dedication is put to the test. Scott co-wrote this episode with Patrick McLean, the creator of How to Succeed in Evil and the Seanachai. His work can be found scattered all over the web and aggregated at patrickemclean.com

27 - Chief Bronson McLean Part 02

The last members of The Crypt crew are assembling for the shakedown cruise, although just like the rest of our characters, they have no idea what's coming. At least most of the crew actually volunteered for the Planetary Union Navy, but not computer hacker Hamzah Haring. Perhaps this is a cautionary tale about what can happen if you get all spun up with anger, and go after someone or something that is best left alone.This episode is co-written with author PC Haring, the author of Cybrosis.

25 - Hamzah Haring

Shonda "Peace Sign" Bible has had a time of it, no doubt.  Good thing she's the pilot of a MV-6T hull-breecher, also known as a "Sexy Beast." That's right: an assignment request for the Keeling, a bad-ass soldier, and a 35-ton mech. Scott co-wrote this episode with Jake Bible, the author of Dead Mech, The World's First Drabble Novel. Jake's had several short stories published in Necrotic Tissue, The New Bedlam Project, Quantum Muse and The Drabblecast anthology. For more information about Jake and to find out what a Drabble novel is, visit jakebible.com

23 - Sergeant Shonda "Peace Sign" Bible

Angela Stewart is starting her life over. She's going to be a doctor & an officer in the Planetary Union Navy. But she has a dark secret...... 


24 - Lieutenant Mac "Stone Balls" Cooley

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